Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development
  • Year: 2019
  • Volume: 10
  • Issue: 12

Healthy Emotional Expression: An Intervention for Anxiety and Suicide Ideation among School Students

1Research Scholar, Amity Institute of Psychology & Allied Sciences, Amity University, Noida, Uttar Pradesh

2Professor, Amity Institute of Psychology & Allied Sciences, Amity University, Noida, Uttar Pradesh

Online published on 31 March, 2020.

Abstract

The present study has been performed to understand the effectiveness of intervention among the school students who were experiencing anxiety and suicide ideations. It was assumed and asserted that an interactional therapy which consist of Relaxation, written expression and verbal expression is a mean of healthy expression of emotions. Results proves that interactional therapy is found to be an effective method to reduce the level of anxiety and suicide ideation among school students. The scores of anxiety and suicide ideation is found to have gone down in both the age groups i.e 13–15 years and 16–18 years when compared after the intervention.

Keywords

Anxiety, Suicide ideation, Written expression, Relaxation, Verbal expression